Jane Lynch: ‘I wasn’t a nice person’

Actress Jane Lynch didn’t have to dig too deep to find her mean-spirited GLEE character Sue Sylvester – she used to be just like that.

Now forever upbeat and happy, Lynch reveals past insecurities that were masked by a drinking problem turned her into a terrible person and it was only when she quit boozing almost 20 years ago that she realised what a vile woman she was – especially to people she worked with.

In a candid interview with “Access Hollywood,” the “Glee” star says, “It was so Psychology 101- I felt terrible inside and I projected it onto everybody else. I made everybody bad, wrong, I was kinda shaming and humiliating, not unlike Sue Sylvester.

“I wasn’t a nice person to have around… It’s fun to play the person who I used to be.”